Cleve, P.T. (1894), Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 26(2): 95 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Navicula vacillans A.W.F.Schmidt legitimate

Crosby, L.H. & Wood, E.J.F. (1959), Studies on Australian and New Zealand Diatoms. II. Normally Epontic and Benthic Gener. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: - [secondary reference]

Foged (1978), Freshwater diatoms in eastern Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 41: 53 [secondary reference]

John, J. (1983), The diatom flora of the Swan River Estuary, Western Australia. Bibliotheca Phycologica 64: - [secondary reference]

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - AAL [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Navicula vacillans A.W.F.Schmidt legitimate

• Comment: In brackish water and marine habitats
• Distribution: Qld, N.S.W. (Lake Conjola), Vic., W.A. (Perth)
• Ex.distribution: Southern and NE Brazil, Mexico (Baja California), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Cape Verde Islands, East Africa (Lake Tanganyika), South Africa (?)

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